Gage mechanism.



1. HEYS.

GAGE MECHANISM.

APPHQATION FILE!) JULY 28,1917.

1,266,3 1? Pfifitented Dec. 3, 1918.

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JOHN J. HEYS, F LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BYMESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CORPORATION, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A,GORP Q- RATION OF NEW JEltSEY i GAGE MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent. P m m Application filed July as, 1917. Serial No. leases.

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comprises a pair of cooperating pressing forms, indicated at l and 2,respectively, and arranged for relativemovement to en- [b all whom it may concern Be it known that 1. JOHN JJEIEYS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lynn,

mechanism employed in connection with in the county of Essex and Stateof Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gage Mechanisms;

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear and exact description of the invention, suchas-will enable others skilled inthe art to which itappertains to make anduse the same.

The present invention relates to gage mechanism, and more particularly to gage sole pressing machines.

In sole presslng machlnes embody ng a pair of cooperating forms, mechanlsm 1s is desirable that this mechanism shall be constructed and arranged to accurately gage soles having differently shaped heelends,

.as for example, block soles and died out soles.

. It is the object of the present invention to provide an improved form of gage mechanism which may beconven1ently ad usted to cause the accurate positioning. of diflierent styles of soles lengthwiseof the cooperating pressing forms. n y With this ObJGCt in view the several features of the invention consist in certain novel features of construction, combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed, the advantages of which will be obvious to those skilled in the art fromthe following description.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the preferred form of the invention, Figure 1 represents a side elevation partly in section, of a sole pressing machme embodying the improved gage mechanism;

r Fig. 2 is a detail illustrating a side elevation of the gage mechanism in one operating position; Fig. aisa top plan view of the gage mechanlsm inthe operating positionshownin Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 isa detail illustratingta top plan view of the gage mechanism in another. operating position. f

The illustrated embodiment of the invert tion is conveniently shown in COIlIlBCtlOIl with a machine of the type disclosed in the i application, of John J. Heys, Serial N o.

26,551, filedMay 7, 1915.

This machine tuated in the usual manner through a lever 7 operatively connected witha cam disk 8, y

and the slide 6 is operated by a toggle lever of which one linlris indicated at9. The position of the fiat soleis accurately determined with relation to the forms by agage member which contacts with the heel end of the sole priorto the movement of the formsinto a pressing position. After the sole has been positioned upon the lower form 2 it is firmly clamped by a gripping lever 10, pivoted at 11 and actuated by a second lever l2 dt11ing thehorizontal movement of the table 5 to bring the form 2 into alinement with the cotiperating form 1. This construction hasbeen only briefly described herein as it is fully disclosedih the prior art. yy n The present machine is intended for operation principally upon two types of fiat soles:-what are known as block soles in sole and in which theheel end ofthe sole is characterized by a curved line approximatingthe final curvature of the heel. It is desirable that a gage mechanism shall be provided for positioning both types of sole lengthwise of the forms,: and that this mech anism may be convenientlyad usted to err-- able the operation of the machine upon ice either type of sole. To this end the present invention contemplates the provision of a i gage member having a. plurality of sole engaging faces each. of which is constructed and arranged to engage and position theheel end of a particular style of sole, and means for conveniently adjusting the gage member to bring any desired sole engaging face into operative position. In the illustrated embodiment of the invention the usual gage-block is employed and is provided with a heel gage pivoted thereon and having a pair of sole engaging faces and an actuating arm extending therefrom and provided with operating connections for adjusting the heel gage to bring either sole engaging face into operative position.

The heel gage 20 is pivoted at 21 upon a block 23, pivoted at 2% upon a slide 25. The slide 25 is, supported upon a rod 27 which is mounted in a head 28, adjustably supported upon the table 5 and carrying the gripping device 10 to cause a' simultaneous and uniform adjustment of the heel gage and gripping device. The head 28 is connected in the usual manner through an adjusting rod 30 with an adjusting device 31 at the front of the machine. The block 23 is provided with a depending tail 35 engaged by a spring pressed pin 36 to yieldingly maintain the lower face of the block in engagement, with the upper face of the slide 25, as shown clearly in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The pin 86 is slidingly supported in a recess formed in the slide 25 and is engaged at its rear end by a coiled spring 37. The block 23 is provided with oppositely disposed arms 40, between which the heel gage 20 is pivoted. As shown clearly in Figs. 2 to 4, inclusive, of the drawings, the heel gage proper is provided with a pair of sole engaging faces which are indicated at 42 and 4:3, and are respectively V-shaped and straight to permit the gage to determine the position of died out soles and block soles. 'When the heel gage is positioned as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 with the V-shaped face in operative position, the straight face of the gage is located at the under side in an inoperative position, and when the straight face of the gage is located in an operative position, as shown in Fig. 4, the V-shaped gage is located at the. top, as indicated in dot and dash lines in Fig. 2. WVith this construction a partial rotation of the heel gage causes either face to be brought into an operative position and removes the other face into an inoperative position in which it does not interfere with the locating of the sole. In order to maintain the gage in either operative position to which it is moved, the hub 45 of the gage is provided with depressions 4e and M, which are arranged to be engaged by a pin 48, slidingly supported in a boss 50 formed upon the upper side, of the block 23. The pin 4-8 is normally maintained in contact with the hub 45 by. a spring 51, received in the recess in which the pin slides, as shown clearly in the drawings. In order to conveniently adjust the heel gage, operative connections are provided which may be conveniently manipulated from the front of the machine. To this end the heel gage is conveniently secured to a rod 55 journaled in the arms 40 of the block 23, and having one end bent laterally-to form an actuating arm 60, as shown clearly in the drawings. The free end of the arm 60 is connected with an operating link 62 extending to the front of the machine and conveniently resting upon the dial cover 63. In order to facilitate the adjustment of the gage and to insure that the gage may be readily moved from one operative position to another, it will be noted from an inspection of Fig. 2 of the drawings that the arm 60 in either operative position of the gage is inclined to the link 62.

While it is preferred to employ the specific construction and arrangement of parts shown and described, it will be understood that this construction and arrangement is not essential except so far as specified in the claims, and may be changed or modified without departing from the broader features of the invention.

7 The invention having been described, what is claimed is:

1. A gage mechanism for sole pressing machines, comprising a gage member adapted to contact with the sole edge and having a plurality of sole engaging faces, each of which is shaped differently to engage and position a particular style of sole, and mechanism under the control of the operator and 100 operatively connected with the gage member for adjusting the gage member to bring any desired sole engaging face into operative position.

2. A gage mechanism for sole pressing 105 machines, comprising a gage block, a heel gage pivoted thereon and having a pair of sole engaging faces, an actuating arm extending from the heel gage, and means operatively connected with the arm for adjust- 110 ing the heel gage to bring either sole engaging face into operative position.

3. A gage mechanism for sole pressing machines, comprising a gage block, a heel gage pivoted thereon and having, rcspec- 115 tively, a straight sole engaging face and a V-shaped sole engaging face, and mechanism operatively conneted with the heel gage for adjusting the gage to move either of the fares into an operative position.

4. A gage mechanism for sole pressing machines, comprising a gage blo k, a heel gage pivoted thereon and having, respectively, a straight sole engaging face' and a V-shaped sole engaging face, mechanism op- 125 eratively connected with the heel gage for adjusting the gage to move either of the faces into an operative position, and means for retaining the gage with either sole engaging face in operative position.

ma am 5. A gage mechanism for sole pressing machines, comprising a gage block having a pair of oppositely extending arms, a heel gage pivoted between the arms and having a plurality of sole engaging faces, an actuating arm secured to the heel gage, and an operating link connected to the arm andex tending to the front of the machine in convenient relation to the operator.

6. A gage mechanism for sole pressing machines, comprising an adjustable slide, a

gage block pivoted upon the slide, means for yieldingly maintaining the block in contact a With the upper face of the slide, a heel gage pivoted to the block and having a plurality gage an i of difierent shaped faces adapted to locate soles ofdifierent shapes, and means under the controlof the operator for adjusting the heel gage. p

7. A gage mechanism for sole pressing machines, comprisinga gage block a heel gage'pivoted thereonand having a pair of sole engaging faces, an operating link extending to the front of the machme, and an actuatin arm connecting the link and heel gage is positioned with either one of the sole engaging faces in operative position.

JOHN J. HEYS.

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